Found inside – Page 94Bummed out by bad - weather flight delays , " I had drank a fifth and a half of Scotch and taken every pill I had in my pockets , " he says . ... The therapist asked distance trucker who died at 46 of me not to drink or take drugs the rest of pulmonary fibrosis in ... dad to Ashelyn , his 8 - year - old daugh- I love and want to be with . Found inside – Page 347... like the Shop, since Dad's death. He was only 64. He had spent the last year of his life bedbound, struggling with pulmonary fibrosis. Found inside... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in which tissue slowly but inexorably decayed; ... She died heroically, e-mailing me every few days until she couldn't ... Found insideA: My dad suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. ... He never went home and he died seven months later, at age 71. Also, my husband and son suffered ... Found inside – Page 167One day my parents came to visit me in my new city and a family member told ... Soon after that, my father got ill with pulmonary fibrosis and played on my ... Found insideMy parents joined us, and my mom, who came down with pulmonary fibrosis soon after that trip, said before her death four years later that it was one of the ... Found inside – Page 186Of “Six Obits,” Chang writes: “After my mom died in 2015 following a long illness (pulmonary fibrosis), I absolutely did not want to write about it or write ... Found inside – Page 121The possibility of losing my job ... my dad had a massive heart attack and died'. ... Andrea sustained severe damage to her lungs and 'two unstable crush ... Found inside – Page 21My dad died some years later from something called 'pulmonary fibrosis' or 'scarring of the lungs'. He was insistent that he was mostly fine, ... Found inside – Page 25... contributed to his death, but we also had part of it, too, because my mom died with pulmonary fibrosis, and she never smoked. When Dad would come home, ... Found inside... or don't follow me in Twitter, G+, or Facebook, you may not have heard my dad died yesterday morning. He lost his fight with pulmonary fibrosis. Found inside – Page 42and bringing out toilet paper to wrap around her hand. Scott was busy trying to stop ... I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis, a disease of the lungs. Found inside – Page 89Pulmonary fibrosis . Bypass surgery - double . I had three surgeries on my spine . My spine is a joke . Every time I took a fall , my dad would say ... Found inside... my father died, from a by then untreatable pulmonary fibrosis, ... relishing the knowledge that I was doing something my dad would have liked. Found insideMy dad loved everything he did, and he did everything with gusto. ... when, in 1975, he was diagnosed with “extensive pulmonary fibrosis,” most likely ... Found inside – Page 171... pulmonary fibrosis.” “Idio what?” “My lungs are shot. ... “Treatments have come a long way since your dad died.” “Yeah, they wanted me to do that ... Found inside... morning to tell her in person that Mom had died. Patty had visited Mom the day before at N. C. Little Hospice, where Mom—dying of pulmonary fibrosis, ... Found insideThat same year my father was diagnosed with endstate pulmonary fibrosis. My eightyoneyearold uncle—the uncle who helped raised me in Haiti—died in ... Found inside – Page 148When my father-in-law's pulmonary fibrosis suddenly worsened and he was on ... After his dad's death, my husband slowly changed into someone more like his ... Found inside – Page 171... had died of pulmonary fibrosis, but he didn't know what that meant, either. ... his trip, saying, “I have decided to keep my parents' home in Naples, ... Found inside – Page 194My mother died about two years after my father. My parents were very old—my father was almost 91 and my mother was 88. In his final hours, my mother was ... Found inside – Page 89My dad was born with Cystic Fibrosis, an autosomal recessive condition that causes mucus in the lungs and problems with pancreas function and food ... Found insideI was no stranger to the grief process, having experienced the death of my parents, other family members, and close friends, but never before had I been ... Found inside – Page 86In November of 1986 my father passed away . His death certificate states that he died of pulmonary fibrosis which can be attributed to the asbestosis . Found inside“WhenI was little,Iwas diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. Bothmy lungswere shutting down. ... “My dad died when I waslittle, andmy mom diedtwo months ago. Found inside – Page 76This was my parents' dream until they reached middle age and realized that with ... Last year, when my father became ill with pulmonary fibrosis—a result, ... Found inside – Page 103In 2015 my brother, Thomas Scott Wright, died after a lengthy battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was only 43. This is what I read at his funeral:. Found inside – Page 96As a parent myself, I completely understand that impulse. ... My father died of pulmonary fibrosis in 2005, after a very long illness. Found inside – Page 73with cystic fibrosis at birth – progressive genetic lung disease . I was in the hospital several times a year since age 6. Never was healthy when dad went away to climb mountains , mom accused him of escaping his sick kids ( twin sister has CF too ) . ... with new lungs , overlooking the Sierra Nevada was an ecstatic experience of disbelief , fascination and excitement . ... I blew more bubbles for my friends with CF who died — I climbed for my donor and for them — living on their behalf . Found inside – Page 130... Pulmonary Fibrosis/Scleroderma Patient North Carolina, USA My father died ... outside of my dad's hospital room tell me that we were going to lose him. Found insideensure I make myself present at every one of her shifts. ... I have lung cancer onset by pulmonary fibrosis and scar tissue forming in my lungs. Found inside – Page 54When I was four , my older sister , Noreda , died of cystic fibrosis , a genetic disease in which the lungs are constantly ... Building a family was something my parents hadn ' t been able to do , and living out their simple wish was the nearest I ... Found inside – Page 42I want you to know how much I appreciate your being here with me through all this . ... Her message is universal – that inherent within death is the potential for new life – that loss , while it has a devastating ... Even the white Rose of Sharon tree , a special birthday gift from my Dad nearly 20 years ago , like all my plants ... 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